The Highbridge Festival of the Arts

Welcome to

Presidents: Nigel Hess & Stephen Daldry CBE

Honorary Vice-President: Fay Burston

What’s On at this year’s Festival:

Why not join the audience?

Admission by purchase of a daily wristband (£3) available from the venues

Speech & Drama - at The Princess Theatre, Burnham-on-Sea, TA8 1EH

Monday 10 March - Choral Speaking, Original Poetry, Short Stories & a Play, Drama Monologues

Tuesday 11 March - Set Verse Speaking with children from local schools

Dance - at The Princess Theatre, Burnham-on-Sea, TA8 1EH

Wednesday 12 March - 8 year old & under solos & duets and Primary School Groups

Thursday 13 March - 9 & 10 year old solos, duets & trios. Junior Groups in the evening (Allocated tickets for Junior Groups should be purchased via the Theatre Box Office)

Friday 14 March - 11 & 12 year old solos, duets & trios

Saturday 15 March - 13 & 14 year old solos, duets, trios & quartets. Intermediate Groups in the evening (Allocated tickets for Intermediate Groups should be purchased via the Theatre Box Office)

Sunday 16 March - 18 years & under solos, duets, trios & quartets. Adult Groups. Senior Groups. (Allocated tickets are needed for the Senior (18 years & under) Groups. These can be purchased via the Theatre Box Office)

Allocated Tickets available to purchase from 09:30 on Monday 10 March via The Princess Theatre and Arts Centre website or Box Office, 01278 784464

Music - at St John’s Church, Church Street, Highbridge, TA9 3HS

Tuesday 18 March - piano solos, duets & trios

Wednesday 19 March - School Choirs & Instrumental Groups , Recorder solos, duets & groups. No evening session

Thursday 20 March - School Choirs, instrumental solos & groups, King Alfred Concert Band. No afternoon session

Friday 21 March - instrumental solos, The Dorothy Reaney Trophy competition, vocal solos in the evening

Saturday 22 March - vocal solos, duets & groups, Adult Choirs in the afternoon. No evening session

For more information, detailed Timetables are available to purchase at the venues

Thank you ………….

We are very grateful to Hinkley Point C Community Fund for their grant towards our venue costs for our 2024 Festival, which allowed us to keep entry fees and admission costs as low as they were and will help us to continue to host our ‘friendly’ festival in 2025. We would also like to thank The Rotary Club of Burnham-on-Sea for their generous donation, The Arts Society Sedgemoor (TASS) for their renewed sponsorship for our 2025 Festival and The Friends of Highbridge Festival for their contributions, which help us support schools with their travel costs.

Thank you to Sopha of Highbridge for moving our festival piano, to Holywell Nursing Home in Brent Knoll for fostering the piano until we next need it and to Burnham Portable Toilet Hire, Quicksign and ASDA, Highbridge for their support of our 77th Festival.